Kamviri
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| Kamviri | ||||
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| Spoken in: | Afghanistan, Pakistan | |||
| Region: | Bashgal Valley, and Southern Chitral District, Langorbat, Badrugal and the Urtsun Valley | |||
| Total speakers: | 5,500 (Ethnologue) | |||
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Kamkata-viri Kamviri |
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| Official status | ||||
| Official language in: | none | |||
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |||
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |||
| ISO 639-2: | none | |||
| ISO 639-3: | xvi | |||
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Kamviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-viri language spoken by 5,500 (or up to 10,000) of the Kom people of Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are slight dialectal differences of the Kamviri speakers of Pakistan. The most used alternative names are Kati, Kamozi or Bashgali,According to the author of Languages of Pakistan Badshah Munir Bukhari which derive from Khowar.
[edit] References
- The Kom. Retrieved July 02, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].
[edit] External links
- Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.
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